‘Ghost’ of superconductivity survives even after the state vanishes
Superconductivity is supposed to be an all-or-nothing quantum state. Cool a material below a critical temperature, and electrons…
What the DOE’s Quantum Computing Competition Could Mean for Fusion and Battery Materials
The Department of Energy (DOE) on Sept. 17 announced the Quantum Genesis Q Competition, a $215 million initiative…
Superconducting circuits hit world’s first 3.8M junction density
Imec has demonstrated a world-first density for a superconducting circuit, packing 3.8 million Josephson junctions into one square…
Graphene superconductivity switched off, proving electrons drive it
Researchers have completely switched off superconductivity in magic-angle graphene by weakening interactions between electrons, providing strong evidence that…
Niobium-tin superconductors scale up for 20-tesla fusion magnets
Fusion’s push toward commercial power is creating a new challenge for the industry to produce enough specialized material…
A Chicago physicist proposed a way to create quantum images 20 years ago; after two decades waiting for experimental proof, superconductors have finally produced the effect he predicted
Representational image of quantum imaging showing electron waves around an atom. (AI photo) Dirk Morr, a physics professor…
New ultrathin superconductors can help build more compact quantum devices
Researchers have developed a method that can generate a large, uniform area of ultrathin superconducting material that remains…
Scientists unlock faster way to find thousands of new superconductors
Researchers have discovered two new superconductors using a machine learning-based screening method, demonstrating a faster way to identify…
New quantum material switches superconductivity back on at 70 Tesla
Scientists in Austria have finally uncovered the reason why a strange uranium-based superconductor appears to come back to…
US scientists unlock secrets of high-temperature superconductors
Researchers in the United States have unlocked secrets of high-temperature superconductors. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s…
Quantum engineers turn theory into physics via exciton control path
Research led by scientists at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) and Stanford University has demonstrated…
Chinese scientists create super stable building block for quantum computers
Chinese physicist Pan Jianwei and his team have created a “quantum Lego block” that refuses to fall apart…